Weekend Multi-Skilled Engineer - Days

Smurfit Westrock; North End; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and benefits

Job summary

Smurfit Westrock is seeking a Multi-Skilled Engineer to deliver a responsive engineering service in a complex manufacturing environment. The role emphasizes high machine availability, reliability, and safety, with involvement in shutdowns, repairs, and preventative maintenance to support productive running hours.

The engineer will apply root-cause problem solving, implement improvements, and contribute to PM systems and new equipment installations.

Qualifications

• Previous maintenance experience in a manufacturing environment (preferably highly automated/batch production).
• Technical knowledge of Drives, Instrumentation and Control, PLCs.
• Experience of people management.
• Good organizational skills with ability to manage workload and priorities under pressure.
• Excellent communication skills—verbal and written, including meetings.
• Ability to solve problems through root cause analysis.
• Ability to influence key stakeholders and drive change.
• Experience of driving and managing change.
• Ability to build effective relationships with customers and external contacts.
• Flexibility and adaptability to change, with high resilience.

Responsibilities

• Identify and recover fault situations on processing equipment and ancillary devices.
• Monitor and adjust equipment and process conditions to ensure 'right first time' quality.
• Maximise equipment utilisation through preventative maintenance and timely calibrations.
• Contribute to continuous improvement and process improvement projects.
• Assist in development of PM systems.
• Install and commission new equipment.
• Other duties within capability as required by the Company.

Skills

Drives

Instrumentation and Control

PLCs

People management

Organizational skills

Communication

Root cause analysis

Influencing stakeholders

Change management

Relationship building

Flexibility

Resilience

Tools

PM systems

Job description

Working within a complex engineering environment our Multi-Skilled Engineers are responsible for providing a responsive engineering service to the Operations Team to ensure that high levels of machine availability, efficiency, reliability, safety, and quality standards are achieved, and improved upon. They will be responsible for providing effective and long-term solutions to continuously improve machine reliability. The role will involve working during shutdowns, carrying out repairs, scheduled part replacement, improvement projects and preventative maintenance as well as supporting productive running hours in line with business needs.

Responsibilities

• Identification and recovery of fault situations on all processing equipment and ancillary devices.
• Monitoring and adjusting equipment and process conditions to ensure that 'right first time' quality is achieved.
• Maximising equipment utilisation by carrying out effective preventative maintenance procedures, timely calibrations, routine safety checks on all processing equipment.
• Always promoting an environment of continuous improvement and assisting in process improvement projects.
• Contributing to and assisting in development of the PM systems.
• Installation and commissioning of new equipment.
• Your job title does not limit your duties, and the Company may require you from time to time to undertake any other duties within your capability.

Requirements

• Previous maintenance experience in a manufacturing environment, preferably a high degree of automation and batch production.
• Technical knowledge of Drives, Instrumentation and Control, PLC's
• Experience of people management - people focused leadership style.
• Good organizational skills with an ability to manage own and others workload and priorities, including working under pressure.
• Excellent communication skills - verbal and written including one to one and group meetings.
• Ability to solve problems through root cause.
• Ability to influence key stakeholders.
• Experience of driving and managing change.
• Ability to build effective relationships with customers and other external contacts.
• Flexibility and adaptability to change include a high degree of resilience.

Join Our Team at Smurfit Westrock!

Are you searching for a workplace that values you and your growth? At Smurfit Westrock, we’re committed to sustainability, employee well‑being, and personal development.

About Us

We are a global leader in sustainable paper and packaging. Our focus is on the health and safety of our employees, the well‑being of our communities, and delivering exceptional service to our customers. We support our team members to reach their full potential in an inclusive environment that values diversity.

Benefits

• Competitive salary & benefits, including annual leave, pension, and a Cycle to Work scheme
• Ongoing training and development opportunities
• 24/7 confidential support for you and your family
• Free parking on site
• Flexible working options and family-friendly policies
• Guaranteed interview for candidates meeting essential criteria (Disability Confident Employer)

Smurfit Westrock reserve the right to only shortlist candidates who meet both the Essential and Desirable Criteria.

We are an equal opportunities employer, and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their sex; religious or similar philosophical belief; political opinion; race; age; sexual orientation; or, whether they are married or are in a civil partnership; or, whether they are disabled; or whether they have undergone, are undergoing or intend to undergo gender reassignment.

We practice equality of opportunity in employment and select the best person for the job.

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